Dayang newt
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Dayang newt | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Urodela |
Family: | Salamandridae |
Genus: | Cynops |
Species: | C. orphicus
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Binomial name | |
Cynops orphicus Risch, 1983
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The Dayang newt (Cynops orphicus) is a rare species of salamander in the family Salamandridae, endemic to China. It is known from Jiexi County in eastern Guangdong from where it was collected in 1936 (more specifically, from Dayang, which gave it the common name) and described as a new species in 1983.[2] More recently, it has also been found from Dehua County in central Fujian.[3]
Its natural habitats are pools and small lakes, and during hibernation, terrestrial habitats, including forest and lightly degraded areas. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation.[1]
References
- ^ a b IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Cynops orphicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T59443A63868525. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T59443A63868525.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Risch, Jean-Paul (1983). "Cynops orphicus, a new salamander from Guangdong province, south China (Amphibia, Caudata, Salamandridae)". Alytes. 2: 45–52.
- ^ Wu, Yunke; Yuezhao Wang; Ke Jiang; James Hanken (2010). "A new newt of the genus Cynops (Caudata: Salamandridae) from Fujian Province, southeastern China". Zootaxa (2346): 42–52.
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